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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TWIT, v.t. [L. ad, to.] To reproach; to upbraid; as for some previous act. He twitted his friend of falsehood.
With this these scoffers twitted the christians.
Aesop minds men of their errors, without twitting them for what is amiss.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who is regarded as contemptible [syn: twerp, twirp, twit]
2: aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing [syn: twit, taunt, taunting] v
1: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1528 1. an act of twitting ; taunt 2. a silly annoying person ; fool II. transitive verb (twitted; twitting) Etymology: Middle English atwiten to reproach, from Old English ętw?tan, from ęt at + w?tan to reproach; akin to Old High German w?zan to punish, Old English witan to know Date: 1530 1. to subject to light ridicule or reproach ; rally 2. to make fun of as a fault

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. esp. Brit. sl. a silly or foolish person. Etymology: orig. dial.: perh. f. TWIT(2) 2. v.tr. (twitted, twitting) reproach or taunt, usu. good-humouredly. Etymology: 16th-c. twite f. atwite f. OE ætwitan reproach with f. æt at + witan blame

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Twit Twit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Twitting.] [OE. atwiten, AS. [ae]tw[=i]tan to reproach, blame; [ae]t at + w[=i]tan to reproach, blame; originally, to observe, see, hence, to observe what is wrong (cf. the meanings of E. animadvert; akin to G. verweisen to censure, OHG. firw[=i]zan, Goth. traweitan to avenge, L. videre to see. See Vision, Wit.] To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood. This these scoffers twitted the Christian with. --Tillotson. [AE]sop minds men of their errors, without twitting them for what is amiss. --L'Estrange.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(twits) If you call someone as a twit, you are insulting them and saying that they are silly or stupid. (BRIT INFORMAL) = twerp N-COUNT [disapproval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Reproach, blame, upbraid, taunt, fling at.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To reproach a person, or remind him of favours conferred.

Moby Thesaurus

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